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Book SynopsisResearch and analysis of the post-Soviet Russian experience of political, economic and social change have generally focused attention on the complications and influences of the Soviet legacy on the transition process with most early main stream studies emphasizing the difficulties of the adoption of the institutions of democracy and a free market economy to the centralized command and control legacy structures carried over from that adjacent system to the more recent analyses that have attempted to explain why the Putinist hybrid authoritarian democracy emerged to take control of the Russian state. The complex nature of the Russian experience of political, social and economic change had yet to be explained as a long-term legacy analysis until now with the linkages presented in this study of the legacies and structures that have defied attempts at reform by the Bolsheviks, the Soviets and the modern Republicans. The political geography of Russia represents a districting system that de
Trade ReviewAn erudite and original analysis of Russia’s century-long transformation, with a focus on centre-periphery relations but informed by a profound understanding of the legacies of past attempts at change. An essential contribution to the study of contemporary Russia. -- Richard Sakwa, University of Kent
Foley effectively examines Russia’s current center-regional relations under Putin in light of its imperial and Soviet heritages. He argues that current social segmentations, power asymmetries and vertical power relations are reminiscent of the pre-1989 Soviet era. The Legacy Structure of Russia's One Hundred Year Transformation gains value by utilizing historical, qualitative and quantitative approaches. Foley demonstrates that only the center holds the Russian federal republic together. Although its populace identifies with a national concept of ‘Russia,’ they identify far more with their local and immediate surrounding communities. His book is well worth the read! -- Claude Welch, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York,
Table of ContentsChapter One: Russian Government and Society Chapter Two: Weaving the Fabric of the Russian Transition Experience Chapter Three: The Legacy and Russia’s Region to Center Relationships Chapter Four: The Emergence of Authoritarian Democracy Chapter Five: The Federal Districting System and Duma Election Outcomes: The Path to the Party of Power Chapter Six: Asymmetric Patterns and Party List Outcomes: Selected Variables Chapter Seven: Yeltsin’s Legacy and Putin’s Path to Centralized Federalism Chapter Eight: The Future of Janus Russia and the Continuing Structural Legacy
